Thin-AP&AC200 Quick Configuration Guide

Thin-AP&AC200 Quick Configuration Guide
Version 1.0
Date: October, 2014
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Contents
1. Executive Summary ........................................................................................... 4
2. AP configuration ................................................................................................ 4
2.1.
Outline .............................................................................................................. 4
2.2.
Collect AP information ................................................................................... 4
2.3.
Firmware upgrade .......................................................................................... 5
2.4.
IP configuration ............................................................................................... 5
2.5.
AP management VLAN configuration ......................................................... 6
2.6.
Thin AP configuration ...................................................................................... 6
3. AC Configuration ............................................................................................... 7
3.1.
Setup Preparation ........................................................................................... 7
3.2.
Management Platform CLI configuration.................................................... 7
3.3.
Access Platform CLI configuration................................................................ 8
3.4.
AC web configuration .................................................................................... 9

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1. Executive Summary
This guide is used to describe the configuration step of deploying a new AC in the
project.
This document will include below items:
1) AP configuration
2) AC configuration
2. AP configuration
2.1.
Outline
1) Collect AP information
AP model, AP Ethernet MAC address, installed location, planed channel
2) Firmware upgrade
Path: Administrator Firmware upgrade (Full Factory Reset)
3) IP configuration
Path: Configuration Network General
4) AP management VLAN configuration
Path: Configuration Network VLAN
5) Thin AP configuration
Path: Configuration Thin AP
2.2.
Collect AP information
Included: AP model, AP Ethernet MAC address, installed location and planed

channel. Keep all these information in one Excel file is necessary.
Remark: secondary IP address of A8n/A2/C1n series product
By
default,
we
can
use
two
IP
to
login
AP:
192.168.1.222
and
192.168.99.xx .192.168.99.xx is the secondary IP address of AP, which cannot be

changed via web page.
The secondary IP address uses the last byte of the Ethernet MAC address as the
last byte of the IP address.
For example:
Device Ethernet MAC address: 00:19:BE:20:03:6E
Secondary IP Address: 192.168.99.110 (6E (hex) -> 110 (dec))

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The secondary IP shall use IP address from 192.168.99.5 to 192.168.99.254. The
other IP addresses are reserved. If the last byte of the Ethernet MAC address
matches the reserved IP addresses, the device shall follow the following MAC to
IP address mapping.
2.3.
Firmware upgrade
Path: Administrator Firmware upgrade

When we upgrade the new AP locally to specific firmware version, click Full
Factory Reset; if upgrade the AP remotely, then choose Keep Network Address
Setting only.
2.4.
IP configuration
Path: Configuration Network General

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2.5.
AP management VLAN configuration
Path: Configuration Network VLAN

The management VLAN is based on the network design, if there is no
management VLAN for the AP network, just keep it as the native VLAN-ID. In
below capture, the AP management VLAN is 52.
2.6.
Thin AP configuration
Path: Configuration Thin AP

In the Managed Radio configuration item, we can choose which Radio of AP
will be managed by the AC.
1) When the AP only use 2.4GHz radio for Wi-Fi access, then just need to
enable thin AP and select Radio0(2.4G) as Managed Radio.
2) When the AP use 2.4GHz radio and 5GHz radio for Wi-Fi access, then need
to enable thin AP and select Radio0(2.4G) and Radio1(5G) as Managed
Radio.

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3. AC Configuration
3.1. Setup Preparation
When get a new AC, we need to configure interface for the AC via Console
cable first. Some console parameters: Baud_Rate-115200, Console 0 port for AC
Management Platform, Console 1 port for Access Platform, Putty or Xshell can be
the software terminal.
In the sample case, the network configuration as below:
Interface to Internet: 192.168.16.6/30, VLAN_ID: 140
Route: default gateway - 192.168.16.5
3.2.
Management Platform CLI configuration
The management platform is based on Linux, for vi editor, press " i " command
enter editing mode, after modify, press " Esc " to exit editing mode, press " Shift " +
" : " and input " wq " to save the modification and exit the vi editor.
1) Edit two files for tunnel (access.conf and forward.conf)
cwcos# vi /icac/conf/access.conf
1 127.0.0.1 4603
cwcos# vi /icac/conf/forward.conf
127.0.0.1 4603

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2) Configure interface for management platform (eth7 for AC200).
Enter the path: cd /etc/network.d/
Create eth7 interface by command: cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth7
cwcos# vi ifcfg-eth7
DEVICE=eth7
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
TYPE=Ethernet
NETMASK=255.255.255.252
IPADDR=192.168.16.6
3) Configure the route list:
cwcos#vi /etc/network.d/static_route
-net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 gw192.168.16.5
4) Restart network service
cwcos# /etc/init.d/network restart
5) Save configuration
cwcos#copy_run_to_startup
6) Other commands for management platform:
Display interface: cwcos# ifconfig
Display route list: cwcos# route -n
Check the running firmware version: cwcos#cat /proc/rmi/mips-version
Display online AP: cwcos#show wtp up
Debug communication between AP and AC, it is useful when AP can't be
online:
cwcos#debug accomm all (stop debugging: cwcos#no debug accomm
all)
3.3.
Access Platform CLI configuration
Note: in Access Platform, command for enter configuration mode: con ter, leave
the current configuration interface: exit
Sample as below:

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hostname AC200
telnet timeout 600
system data-tunnel layer3
wireless data-sync enable
wireless ap-tunnel-port 5248
wireless local-tunnel-ip 192.168.16.6
wlan enable
ip dhcp active
ip dhcp server 192.168.16.6
ip nat router
ip nat pool in 172.16.0.1 255.255.240.0
ip nat pool out 192.168.16.6 255.255.255.255
ip nat inside in out overload
interface GigabitEthernet 1/0.0
vlan id 140
ip address 192.168.16.6 255.255.255.252
no shutdown
ip nat outside
description To_Internet
ip-pool for-station
ipaddress 172.16.0.1 255.255.240.0
alloc-mode localdhcp
default-router 172.16.0.1
max-lease 3600
dns-server 8.8.8.8 4.2.2.2
available-interface port 0 vlan 2-4000
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.16.5
3.4.
AC web configuration
After finish the configuration of management and access platform via CLI, we
can go to the AC web interface to configure the WLAN related items.
Outline:

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1) Configure AP Version
Path: Basic Settings AP Version
2) Tunnel Configuration
Path: Basic Settings Tunnel Configuration
3) Configure WLAN security policy (Optional)
Path: Wireless Security - WLAN Security
4) AP Configuration
Path: WLAN AP Configuration
5) WLAN Groups
Path: WLAN WLAN Groups
6) AP Group and WLAN Group mapping
Path: WLAN AP Policy Apply
7) WLAN-VLAN Association
Path: WLAN WLAN-VLAN Association
8) Monitoring the AP status
Path: Statistics - AP Information
Configuration Step:
1) Configure AP Version
Note, Models for Altai AP:

A8n: WA8011N-X, A8-Ein: WA8011N, A8in: WA8011N-HE
A2 series: AP5822

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C1n: WA1011N-G, C1an: WA1011N-A
The hardware version of AP can refer to AP web interface, path: About-Product
Version
2) Tunnel Configuration
3) Configure WLAN security policy (Optional)
4) AP Configuration
Create new AP group.

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Add AP to the specific AP group, here the MAC address is the Ethernet MAC of
AP. The Ethernet MAC can be known from the label of AP housing or the AP
webpage.
Configure the wireless setting (wireless mode, channel, transmit power level, etc)
of AP.
AC support import AP list, we can export the list and import it after the edition.
CSV file sample:
5) WLAN Groups
Create new WLAN group.

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Edit the WLAN group.
Add new WLAN(wireless configuration) in the WLAN group.
WLAN configuration sample (open SSID, concentrated forwarding):

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6) AP Group and WLAN Group mapping
7) WLAN-VLAN Association
Set the Inner VALN as the WLAN VLAN(in the previous sample, it is 2000), set
the Outer VLAN as 0.

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8) Monitoring the AP status

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